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KASHECHEWAN EVACUEES RETURN HOME Cornwall’s guests from up north bid the city good-bye last Thursday and returned home to Kashechewan, Ontario.  About 360 evacuees boarded 10 flights departing...

NCAI RELEASES PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE Draft Environmental Impact Statement doesn’t address potential impact to tribal water resources, sacred...

AUDITOR GENERAL: AN ABSENCE OF COOPERATION IS HINDERING THE HISTORICAL RECORD’S CREATION Ottawa, 30 April 2013—The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern...

IORÌ:WASE GOING TO PRINT By Greg Horn Iorì:wase, Kahnawake’s online newspaper, will be going through some changes over the next few weeks. One of the biggest changes will be the addition of a...

AFN NATIONAL TREATY FORUM   (Whitecap Dakota First Nation, SK) - More than 600 delegates from Treaty territories across the land attended the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Treaty Forum, Ma...

SIX NATIONS PROTESTERS ORDERED TO PAY $350,000 FOR DISRUPTIVE BLOCKADES A group of Six Nations protesters have less than 30 days to pay $350,000 to the city of Brantford for a series of blockades seve...

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED ON FIRST NATIONS CORRECTIONS March 7, 2013 - (Ottawa, ON) – AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo expressed the need for...

REVIEW OF FIRST NATIONS REPRESENTATION ON JURIES ENTAILS FORMING AN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIRST NATIONS February 26, 2013 - Attorney General John Gerretsen...

BERNARD VALCOURT NEW MINISTER OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT On Friday, Prime Minister Harper announced that Bernard Valcourt, Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche (New...

AFN URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT   February 13, 2013 - (Ottawa, ON) – AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and AFN Regional Chief for British Columbia Jody Wi...

ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS WELCOMES ALL-PARTY SUPPORT FOR TREATY IMPLEMENTATION AND RESPECT FOR ABORIGINAL TITLE AND RIGHTS   (Ottawa, ON) – February 7, 2013 - Assembly of First Nations (AFN)...

VILSACK SIGNS REGULATION CONFIRMING “GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT” CONSULTATION WITH TRIBES   WASHINGTON—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has signed a Departmental Regulation which “establishes...

TRIBAL NATIONS SET TO GAIN AUTHORITY TO MAKE DISASTER DECLARATIONS DIRECTLY TO U.S. PRESIDENT Jan 29, 2013 - Washington, DC – Tribal nations will soon have the same ability provided to states to...

CHIEF SPENCE SET TO END FAST BY THURSDAY According to a report from APTN National News, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is set to end her fast by...

EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE CAMPAIGN TO RENEW THE TWO ROW WAMPUM 400-year-old treaty for peace and friendship to be marked with educational events and historic canoe trip   January 14, 2013—Syracuse,...

FEDERAL COURT GRANTS RIGHTS TO MÉTIS, NON-STATUS INDIANS January 8 - The Federal Court has ruled Metis and non-status Indians are indeed “Indians” under a section of the Constitution Act, and...

VA AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE ANNOUNCE NATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WASHINGTON--December 6, 2012--American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans will soon have increased access to health care services...

U.S. CHAMBER LAUNCHES NATIVE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE New Advocacy Initiative Will Promote Interests and Agenda of Tribes and Tribal Entrepreneurs WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of...

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICANS WILL SOON RECEIVE COBELL SETTLEMENT MONIES WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 26, 2012 – Three years after the...

NAMA AWARDS SHOW POSTPONED The 14th Annual Native American Music Awards have been postponed due to damage sustained during Hurricane Sandy. The new date will be Friday May 10th, 2013at the Seneca...

NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR NATION TO “CELEBRATE NATIVE AMERICAN VOICES”   November 2, 2012 - Washington, DC - November is Native American Heritage...

PEI MUSEUM AND HERITAGE FOUNDATION RECEIVES DONATION OF 11,000 YEAR OLD ARTIFACT The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation now holds what is possibly...

October 23, 2012 - Russell Means, Oglala Sioux tribal member of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota passed on to the spirit world at 4:44 a.m....

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES POLICY ON TRIBAL MEMBER USE OF EAGLE FEATHERS WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 12, 2012 – The Department of Justice announced a...

ABORIGINAL PEOPLES TELEVISION NETWORK AMONG CANADA’S TOP 100 EMPLOYERS  October 10, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has made it onto the list of Canada’s...